Rathore initially reached Jayapur village to attend a function in which he distributed LPG connection cards to 250 women under the PM’s Ujjawal scheme for the promotion of clean energy.TNN | December 22, 2016, 08:02 IST

Varanasi: While Union minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore reached Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s adopted village Jayapur and Nageypur on Wednesday many other union ministers also started reaching the city in the evening to accompany Modi in the events proposed at BHU and DLW grounds on Thursday.

Rathore initially reached Jayapur village to attend a function in which he distributed LPG connection cards to 250 women under the PM’s Ujjawal scheme for the promotion of clean energy. Later, he also visited Nageypur to distribute LPG connection and dedicate the solar powered ‘Charkha’ (spinning machines). Jayapur and Nageypur were adopted by Modi under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Rathore also took stock of progress in the development work and apprised the villagers of achievements of the Modi government.

Though, Rathore returned Delhi after attending these functions, many other union ministers including minister of state for culture and tourism Mahesh Sharma, Union textile minister Smriti Irani, Union health minister JP Nadda and Union minister of state for HRD Mahendra Nath Pandey reached the city to accompany the PM in the events proposed at BHU and DLW on Thursday.